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Post by sharmon202 on Aug 29, 2015 18:37:08 GMT
I have often wondered how addresses work in other countries, so many look so different to U.S. I will start, anyone may clarify mine if you can provide a better explanation.
Using a made up address - U.S. for an example.
Jane Doe (name of person item is to go to) 5555 LaGrange Rd (local address, where the person lives or a postal box where the person picks mail up, also sometimes has a unit or apartment number) LaGrange, KS (city and state the address is located. U.S. has upper case double letter assignations for States (50), some of which are not intuitive or make sense but many do) 55225 (7 digit zip code for the part of the state the address is in)
Anyone care to explain your in another country?
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Post by alc3261 on Aug 29, 2015 19:14:07 GMT
UK Address style:- Name Street Address Town County (Optional) Post Code (a 6 character code starting with 2 letters indicating nearest city ie WF for me = Wakefield, a number indicating an area of the city ie 5 for me, which is on the outskirts WF1 is the city centre, then another number which narrows it down further and finally 2 letters which cover an area of 5-10 houses) UK
In fact Name, House number, Post code and UK should reach me and previously has. Actually "The Doctor, Ossett possibly, Yorkshire" has actually got to me once!!
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Post by bogon07 on Aug 30, 2015 8:40:44 GMT
Name Street Address Suburb (or Town) State Post Code (four digits - 1st digit indicates the state eg 2=NSW 3=VIC 7=TAS ) Australia
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Post by MrAndersen on Sept 13, 2015 15:22:51 GMT
In Japan it goes
Zip code (3+4 digits, first three being the Prefecture / City, the rest is kind of like a Borough and sub-area code) Prefecture, City name, numeric subdivison in a xx-yy-zz format. xx is borough code, yy is street (numbered by black magic and kept on city records), zz is house number on that street 'block', and again I suspect black magic may be involved. Building name and room / apartment number if applicable Name
Interestingly, few Japanese streets have actual names. Instead, a small section of city is divided into a named area which then gets split into numbered blocks. Within this block the streets get numbers, and houses in that street section are counted sequentially from a starting point on the street. The numeric data is supremely specific. In theory, you could write just the zip code and the xx-yy-zz digits, and the post office could still find your house. In practice, the Prefecture name in line two is often left out, but city name is kept in.
B. Andersen
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Post by sharmon202 on Sept 13, 2015 20:21:24 GMT
In Japan it goes Zip code (3+4 digits, first three being the Prefecture / City, the rest is kind of like a Borough and sub-area code) Prefecture, City name, numeric subdivison in a xx-yy-zz format. xx is borough code, yy is street (numbered by black magic and kept on city records), zz is house number on that street 'block', and again I suspect black magic may be involved. Building name and room / apartment number if applicable Name Interestingly, few Japanese streets have actual names. Instead, a small section of city is divided into a named area which then gets split into numbered blocks. Within this block the streets get numbers, and houses in that street section are counted sequentially from a starting point on the street. The numeric data is supremely specific. In theory, you could write just the zip code and the xx-yy-zz digits, and the post office could still find your house. In practice, the Prefecture name in line two is often left out, but city name is kept in. B. Andersen That is interesting, seems complicated, but interesting. Thanks
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Post by Mia on Sept 13, 2015 20:28:38 GMT
Somewhere I saw an explanation of Japanese addresses. Houses are numbered in the order they are built in a street?
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Post by Mia on Sept 13, 2015 21:13:18 GMT
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Post by writingrav on Sept 14, 2015 2:21:26 GMT
In Japan it goes Zip code (3+4 digits, first three being the Prefecture / City, the rest is kind of like a Borough and sub-area code) Prefecture, City name, numeric subdivison in a xx-yy-zz format. xx is borough code, yy is street (numbered by black magic and kept on city records), zz is house number on that street 'block', and again I suspect black magic may be involved. Building name and room / apartment number if applicable Name Interestingly, few Japanese streets have actual names. Instead, a small section of city is divided into a named area which then gets split into numbered blocks. Within this block the streets get numbers, and houses in that street section are counted sequentially from a starting point on the street. The numeric data is supremely specific. In theory, you could write just the zip code and the xx-yy-zz digits, and the post office could still find your house. In practice, the Prefecture name in line two is often left out, but city name is kept in. B. Andersen I hope you are going to give us your address.
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Post by MrAndersen on Sept 14, 2015 2:38:02 GMT
Will you be able to handle all the black magic, though?
I'll probably show up in the 5 letters-thing in a few days or so. That seems like something I would do.
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Post by writingrav on Sept 14, 2015 11:58:39 GMT
Will you be able to handle all the black magic, though? I'll probably show up in the 5 letters-thing in a few days or so. That seems like something I would do. I'm ready for anything
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Post by chojo on Sept 14, 2015 12:01:56 GMT
I once asked a Russian pen pal of mine how their addresses worked as some of them are exceedingly long and in his reply he stated that " it's much like UK you put address on envelope and with stamp I get it" I now think the language barrier may be why he stopped writing to me. I still have difficulty sometimes on postcrossing, trying to fit Russian addresses onto post cards and still having enough room for everything else!
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Post by writingrav on Sept 18, 2015 3:26:29 GMT
Can anyone across the pond explain why some of my correspondents use United Kingdom, others Great Britain and some England, in their addresses? Does it matter?
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Post by bogon07 on Sept 18, 2015 4:28:31 GMT
Can anyone across the pond explain why some of my correspondents use United Kingdom, others Great Britain and some England, in their addresses? Does it matter? And what happens if they use Wales - do they end up in the Tower of London ?
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Post by Mia on Sept 18, 2015 8:47:43 GMT
I have received post addressed to England!
United Kingdom of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
I remember I was sending letters as a teenager, mainly to Germany, I wrote my return address as Großbritannien.
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Post by bogon07 on Sept 18, 2015 10:16:12 GMT
I've rec'd a letter addressed to "Terra Australis"
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